News-stand.



PATENTBD MAY 10, 1904. S. .1. RICHARDSON.

NEWS STAND.

APPLICATION FILED Nov.19, 1903. 'No MODEL.

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Patented May 10, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

STEPHEN J. RICHARDSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO PRESS PUBLISHINGCOMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

NEWS-STAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 759,311, dated May10,1904.

Application filed November 19, 1903. Serial No. 181,758. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t muy concern.'

Be it known that I, STErIIEN J. RICHARDSON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the countyof New York and State of New York, have made and invented certain newand useful Improvements in News-Stands, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to an improvement in stands for use by newsdealers,the object being to provide a device for holding' and containingnewspapers or periodicals in such way that they may be convenientlyinserted and withdrawn therefrom and also to provide a seat or rest forthe dealer which when not in use may be conveniently folded against orinto the stand proper.

With these and other ends 'in view the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction and combinations of parts, as will behereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective of myimproved stand, the seat being' shown in its folded adjustment. Fig. 2is a vertical sectional View thereof, the seat being' shown in itslowered adjustment. Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on theline 3 3 ofEig. l.

Referring to the drawings, 4 5 6 7 represent four upright or verticalposts, to which is secured near the bottom thereof the shelf or platform8 and near the upper ends thereof the shelf or platform 9 and aboutmidway between the upper and lower shelves the shelf 10. To the posts 45 is also secured the bulletin-board 11, extending a short distanceabove the platform 9 and a short distance below the platform 10, asimilar bulletin-board 12 being also secured to the posts 6 7, uponwhich boards may be painted advertising matter of any kind or upon whichmay be secured printed posters or bulletins. To the upper ends of theposts 5 6 is secured the board 13, the upper edge thereof lying' flushwith the upper edges of the bulletin-boards 11 12 andthe lower edge ofwhich rests against the shelf or platform 9, a similar board 14 beingalso secured to the posts 4 7, whereby there is formed a receptacle inthe upper end of the stand, the sides of which consist of the upper endsof the bulletin-boards 11 12 and the boards 13 14 and the base or bottomof which is formed by the shelf or platform 9, this receptacle being'intended to hold and contain the newspapers or periodicals 15.

The second or middle compartment, formed of the base or bottom 10, thetop 9, and sides 11 12, has two of its sides open, as illustrated inFig. 2, and is designed to contain newspapers or periodicals, from whichstock, if desired, the upper receptacle may be replenished from time totime, or, if desired, in the middle compartment, as well as upon thelower shelf 8, may be papers or periodicals different from thosecontained in the upper receptacle, all being within easy and convenientreach of the newsdealer.

To one side of the stand and adjacent to the bulletin-board is secured aseat consisting of the seat proper, 16, hinged to the cross-piece 17secured to two of the vertical posts 5 6, and to the under side of whichscat and near its outer edge is hinged the upper end of the support 18,the lower end adapted to rest upon the ground and retain the seatproper, 16, in a horizontal position, as illustrated in Fig. 2, ajointed rod 19 being' pivoted to the seat 16 and support 18 to retainsaid seat and support in their lowered adjustments, said seat 16 beingof such a height that it will allow the newsdealer when sitting thereonto conveniently reach the papers or publications contained in the upperreceptacle. Vhen not in use, the seat 16 is folded up against the sideof the stand and the support 18 folded against the under side of theseat 16, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, in order that the stand mayoccupy but little room when not in use and be conveniently carried ormoved from place to place by means of the handle 20, secured to the baseor bottom 9 of the upper receptacle.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A news-stand of the character described,

consisting of Jfour upright posts having secured thereto severalshelves, one above the other, each forming the bottom of a compartment,bulletin-boards secured to said posts and forming two sides of the upperand middle compartments, the two remaining sides of the uppercompartment beingclosed and the two remaining sides of the middlecompartment being left open, substantially as described.

2. A news-stand of the character described, consisting of four uprightposts having secured to the same several shelves, one above the other,bulletin-boards secured to said posts and forming two sides, of severalcompartments, the upper compartment having all of its sides closed withthe exception of the top, and a folding seat secured to one side of thestand adjacent to the bulletin-boards, substantially as described.

3. A news-stand of the character described,

constructed with four upright posts having secured thereto threeshelves, one above the other, bulletin-boards secured to two oppositesides of the stand and extending above the upper sheltl and below themiddle shelf, boards 18 lt secured to the posts and forming theremaining sides of the upper compartment, two sides of the middlecompartment being open, and a folding seat secured to the side ot' thestand adjacent to the bulletin-boards, substantially as described. Y

Signed at New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county of New York andState of New York, this 14th da5T of November, A. D. 1908.

STEPHEN J. RICHARDSON.

Vitn esses:

JAMES MCKERNAN, GEO. H. PRICE.

